Forest response to the introduced hemlock woolly adelgid in southern New England, USA

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 60-73

  Orwig, David A ^a   Foster, David R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pest infestation; Successional dynamics; Tree mortality; Tsuga canadensis

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; FOREST; FOREST DYNAMICS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PEST SPECIES; RANGE EXPANSION;

CONNECTICUT; UNITED STATES;

ADELGES; ADELGES TSUGAE; ADELGIDAE; AILANTHUS; AILANTHUS ALTISSIMA; APHIDIDAE; BETULA LENTA; BETULA NIGRA; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; ERECHTITES HIERACIFOLIA; HEMIPTERA; HOMOPTERA; INSECTA; MICROSTEGIUM VIMINEUM; PHYTOLACCA AMERICANA; PHYTOLACCACEAE; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 0031785552     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2997232     Document Type: Article

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